Friday, March 7, 2014

Do you want to build a snowman? Q&A with FROZEN filmmakers, Chris Buck and Producers, Jennifer Lee and Peter Del Vecho #Frozenbluray

****Disney provided an all-expense paid
trip for me to cover this great event

Pictures provided by Disney. All opinions are
100% mine. ****

I love my job, I get to do some amazing things with some
amazing people. Recently I sat down with some fellow bloggers and has a sit
down Q&A with the Frozen filmmakers Director, Chris Buck and Producers,
Jennifer Lee and Peter Del Vecho. Not many people have the chance to interview Oscar
winners… Well I have been blessed to have interviewed four. That is just
amazing! I was very fortunate to
interview these three talented Frozen filmmakers, and last year I was able to do
a great Gwyneth
Paltrow interview. When we interviewed
the filmmakers they were not yet Oscar winners, but I knew it was only a matter
of time until they were, and I was right.

As most of you movie buffs out there know, Frozen won the
Oscar for Best Original Song and Best Animated Feature.The same day they won the Oscar, the movie Frozen crossed the $1
Billion mark at the global box office, a wondrous feat! The three filmmakers were so sweet and personable, they
really we nice and made us all feel comfortable chatting with them like old
friends. Here is a sampling of the great
Q&A session we had together:

Q: Why was this style of
animation chosen? Was this movie originally to be hand drawn or CG?

Chris Buck: "I'd grown up on hand-drawn,
and then thinking a world of ice and snow what they can do with CG now is so
incredible... that made me want to go over to that world to see
what we could do. The great thing about this studio is that
our legacy is hand drawn and we still have some of the best hand drawn
animators in the world, here. They helped work on our movie by doing early character design and doing hand drawn effects…..So it has that feeling of classic hand drawn but it's CG."

Q: Were there any scenes that were cut from the movie
that made it to the animation?

A: Jennifer Lee, “There
were quite a few scenes that were cut, but they were still in the drawing
stage, they did not make it to animation yet……".

They
make sure that the scenes are set before they get to
the animation process, because the animation process is difficult and
costly,
they do not like to cut anything from the animated finished scenes. The
hand drawn scenes that were cut, will be on the dvd extras.

Q: Were you surprised how popular The
Frozen Sing-Along became?

A: Chris
Buck "During the holidays Jen was
in New York and I was here but we would both been to screenings toward the end of
the holidays...and
people were starting to sing on their own"

A: Jennifer
Lee"It's like with the kids once they start singing, you can't stop." A: Peter Del Vecho. "Originally it was supposed to be 200
theaters primarily in the New York, Chicago and LA areas" But...it grew to over 2,000 theaters and now
they are talking about International versions. It was the demand from the
audience that made it bigger than we could've ever imagined."

There were to be even more great songs in the movie, one of Jennifer Lee's favorite was cut, a song Kristoff was to sing to profess his love for
Anna… but it told too much, too early in the film and gave too much away. So
even though they loved the song, it had to be cut from the film. And did you know that Broadway star Idina Menzel (Elsa's singing voice) auditioned for the part by singing Tomorrow from Annie? She changed the song up, and blew them away. I can only imagine how that audition was, she is just such an amazing singer.

Tori of The TV Mom filmed her interview with the filmmakers and you can watch that right here:

I would like to
congratulate the great filmmakers on the Oscar
win. Sadly I forgot to ask them if they wanted to build a snowman?
They could have just visited my home town, it was covered with over a
foot of snow at the time. Look they are standing in the same order as they sat for the interview, on
stage at the Oscars!

It was so great of these folks to take the time out of their busy day to
talk to us, and give us some great backstage information about the instant
classic Disney movie Frozen. We are such big fans and I was humbled to be able
to be in the presence of these amazing filmmakers.

You can purchase
Frozen on BluRay on 3/18/14 in stores, but you can pre-purchase on Amazon
today!

****Disney provided an all-expense paid trip for me to cover this great event ****

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Ohh how fun.. thanks for sharing a great interview... LOVED it.. I have YET to see the movie and been dying, but soon.. I know it.. I can't wait. Heard SOOOO many good things about Frozen and I love Disney Movies.. thanks for sharing

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Hello all, my name is Susan

I am a lifestyle blogger. My family and I love to travel and try new things. I am a working mom that tries to do it all! A Philadelphia native, who loves big city life. If you would like to contact me please email me at: susansdisneyfamily@gmail.com